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2:55 PM ET, September 19, 2016

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New York Times:
Police Raid New Jersey Home in Search of Manhattan Bomber  —  Hours after five pipe bombs were discovered near a train station in Elizabeth, N.J., federal agents and the police raided a home nearby early Monday morning as part of the sweeping search for the person or people responsible for Saturday night's bombing in Manhattan.
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DNAinfo New York:
Thieves Helped Crack the Chelsea Bombing Case, Sources Say  —  MANHATTAN — Leave the bomb, take the bag.  —  In two separate cases, thieves snatching bags from city streets and train stations inadvertently helped law enforcement get the upper hand in an ongoing bomb spree that's hurt dozens …
Dan Atkinson / Boston Herald:
Pal: Terror suspect underwent ‘shocking’ change after Afghanistan trip  —  ELIZABETH, N.J. — A man who described himself as a childhood friend of the man wanted in connection with the New York City bombing told the Herald the suspect had made a life-changing trip to Afghanistan two years ago.
Marty Golden / New York Daily News:
FBI arrests five people near Verrazano Bridge in possible connection to Chelsea bombing after bomb cache find in New Jersey  —  Federal agents busted five people in Brooklyn in a possible connection to the Chelsea bombing late Sunday, law enforcement sources said.
Federal Bureau of Investigation:
AHMAD KHAN RAHAMI … The FBI is asking for assistance in locating Ahmad Khan Rahami.  Rahami is wanted for questioning in connection with an explosion that occurred on September 17, 2016, at approximately 8:30 p.m. in the vicinity of 135 West 23rd Street, New York, New York.
CNN:
New York bombing: Police presence intensifies after explosion  —  New York (CNN)[Breaking news update at 1:41 a.m. ET]  —  Up to five devices have been found in a backpack in a waste basket in Elizabeth, New Jersey, according to Elizabeth Mayor Chris Bollwage.
NBC New York:
NY, NJ Bombing Suspect Rahami in Custody After Shootout  —  Ahmad Rahami, the naturalized 28-year-old native of Afghanistan hunted in connection with a series of bombings in New York City and New Jersey over the weekend, was taken into custody after a gun battle with police that left two officers injured …
J. David Goodman / New York Times:
Cellphone Alerts Used in New York to Search for Bombing Suspect
Emily Shapiro / ABC News:
Suspect in New York, New Jersey Bombings Taken into Custody
Washington Post:
Suspect in New York, N.J. bombings taken into custody
New York Times:
Pipe Bombs Found Near Train Station in Elizabeth, N.J., Official Says
Kate Zernike / New York Times:
What to Look For as Bridge Scandal Trial Opens  —  After three long years, it's time for some traffic problems in ... Newark.  —  That is where reporters are lining up at federal court on Monday morning, waiting for opening arguments in the George Washington Bridge lane-closing trial …
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Matt Friedman / Politico:
Federal prosecutor says Christie knew about lane closings
Glenn Thrush / Politico:
Jill Stein: Trump may have ‘memory problem’  —  Jill Stein is a Harvard-trained internist, a doctor who diagnosed thousands of patients for a quarter-century in Boston and Chicago before making the late-career switch to Green Party presidential candidate and could-be Hillary Clinton spoiler.
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David Weigel / Washington Post:
Clinton is losing some millennial voters to third-party contenders
Discussion: Talking Points Memo and Politico
Paul Krugman / New York Times:
Vote as if It Matters  —  Does it make sense to vote for Gary Johnson …
Discussion: Shareblue
Paul Walsh / Star Tribune:
Family ID's attacker behind ‘potential act of terrorism’ in St. Cloud  —  The attacker who wounded 9 inside the mall was shot and killed by an off-duty officer.  The father revealed the suspect's identity.  —  Video (03:30) : Including a description of surveillance video from the mall and the FBI's role in seeking out motive.
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Jonathan Swan / The Hill:
Republican friendships shatter over Trump  —  A few months ago, Matt Schlapp, the former White House political director under president George W. Bush, walked into a cocktail party and tried to join a conversation with Republican consultants he has known for years.
Esme Cribb / Talking Points Memo:
Trump Deletes Tweet Hitting Obama, Clinton Over Weekend Attacks  —  A tweet knocking President Barack Obama's and Hillary Clinton's “failed” policies after three potential terror attacks over the weekend was deleted from Donald Trump's account on Monday.
Discussion: alan.com
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James Oliphant / Reuters:
Clinton accuses Trump of helping Islamic State recruit
Discussion: Infowars
Peter Beinart / The Atlantic:
The Death of ‘He Said, She Said’ Journalism  —  Last Saturday, The New York Times published an extraordinary story.  What made the story extraordinary wasn't the event the Times covered.  What made it extraordinary was the way the Times covered it.  —  On its front page, top right …
Kevin Drum / Mother Jones:
The Progressive Case for Hillary Clinton Is Pretty Overwhelming  —  For a lot of liberals, the most important goal of this election is to keep Donald Trump out of the White House.  And since Trump naturally sucks up most of the political oxygen, that means lots of blogging about Trump and not so much about Clinton.
Discussion: Unfogged
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Hillary Clinton / Mic:
HERE'S WHAT MILLENNIALS HAVE TAUGHT ME
Greg Sargent / Washington Post:
The Republican Party is now institutionally defending Donald Trump's racism … THE MORNING PLUM:  —  So it's come to this: The institutional position of the Republican Party in the great birther controversy roiling the 2016 campaign — a consequential chapter in our political history …
Chris Cillizza / Washington Post:
Chaos works in Donald Trump's favor in the presidential race  —  An explosion in the heart of New York.  Another in New Jersey.  And a series of stabbings at a Minnesota mall.  All within 12 hours of each other this weekend.  —  Turn on the TV, log on to the Internet, listen to the radio, and one word comes to mind: chaos.
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Kyle Blaine / BuzzFeed:   Trump Says Police Know Who Terrorists Are, Don't Do Anything Out Of Fear Of Profiling
Shane Goldmacher / Politico:
Trump shatters GOP records with small donors  —  Donald Trump has unleashed an unprecedented deluge of small-dollar donations for the GOP, and one that Republican Party elders have dreamed about finding for much of the last decade as they've watched a succession of Democrats — Barack Obama …
Discussion: The Last Refuge and The Week
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Alan Cole / Tax Foundation:
Details and Analysis of the Donald Trump Tax Reform Plan, September 2016  —  By  —  Key Findings  — Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump's tax plan would significantly reduce income taxes and corporate taxes, and eliminate the estate tax.  — According to the Tax Foundation's Taxes …
Siena College:
Clinton 41 Trump 40 in Four-Way Sunshine State Race … New York Times Upshot/ Siena College Florida Poll:  —  Rubio Tops Murphy by Six Points  —  Florida Closely Divided on Key Issues: Obamacare, Immigration, Wall with Mexico, Govt. Stimulus & 2nd Amendment  —  Loudonville, NY.
Discussion: Florida Politics
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Nate Cohn / New York Times:
White Voters Keep Trump's Hopes Alive in Must-Win Florida
Discussion: Washington Post, NBC News and The Week
Walterrhett / Latest from Crooks and Liars:
A Readers' Guide To President Obama's Amazing Congressional Black Caucus Speech … On a September night when he gave a rousing valedictory speech to the famed Congressional Black Caucus (CBC) at the dinner for its annual legislative weekend, as awareness is setting in about how adroit …
Discussion: CNN, bradford-delong.com and RedState
 
 
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